motivated by sort of this split in who he is. The set is playing on the uncertainty generated by the character’s previous incarnation and the snap back to evil is particularly interesting.
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The Sirens of Time by: Nicholas Briggs: So my great Main Range listen through begins and I’m just gonna say it, this has always been a messy story. The format is essentially 3 Part One’s that crossover with each other in a single Part Two, built upon the idea of having the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh
Doctors interacting which is certainly a fun idea just not wrapped in a particularly interesting plot. The final episode is where Briggs actually tries to tell the story and we don’t just have three episodes of the same setup. The strongest individual episode is probably the second, it’s the one
where Briggs has clearly thought about who the Fifth Doctor is and what would tempt him into a trap while the weakest is the first. Sylvester McCoy and Peter Davison haven’t quite adjusted to audio as a medium while Colin Baker is the one that has. The plot involving the Knights of Valesha and the
Sirens themselves feeding off time has potential, Briggs does have a supporting cast that is interesting enough especially Anthony Keetch’s Coordinator Vansell, but this is very much a first effort.
Phantasmagoria by: Mark Gatiss: First main range Fifth Doctor Adventure proper and oddly enough like The Sirens of Time it doesn’t really get started until the final episode, the first three being particularly short and the fourth being a regular length for a TV episode. Gatiss doesn’t really do
much with the Doctor or Turlough, they both stumble into things to discover what can be only described as a dull alien conspiracy. The Part Three cliffhanger is particularly ridiculous as it’s the reveal that Hannah has been secretly an alien in disguise who has also been several other characters
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